Algeria is holding its first parliamentary election since a 2019 uprising. There are 24 million eligible voters, but the woman-led Hirak movement is boycotting it, citing repression and "old guard" networks.
Algeria is holding its first parliamentary election since a 2019 uprising. There are 24 million eligible voters, but the woman-led Hirak movement is boycotting it, citing repression and "old guard" networks.
Revelations Undermine Trust Toward Iceland’s Allies Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson. Vala Hafstað
He was referring to revelations, reported by
mbl.is and other media Sunday night, that the Danish Defense Intelligence Service (FE) helped the US National Security Agency (NSA) spy on European leaders, among them German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
“The Danish government knew of the involvement of their country’s secret service in the NSA scandal by 2015 at the latest,”
“They began to collect information on the FE’s cooperation with the NSA between 2012 and 2014 in the secret Dunhammer report following the disclosures by the former NSA employee and whistleblower Edward Snowden. The information they gathered made it clear that the FE had helped the NSA to spy on leading politicians in Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and France, as well as Germany.”
Opinion: Namibia s wounds will take time to heal
Germany is going to apologize for the genocide against the Herero and Nama in Namibia. But reconciliation cannot be taken for granted now the hard work begins, writes DW s Daniel Pelz.
Will Germany s apology for its atrocities against the Herero and Hama bring a form of closure?
Finally, Germany is officially accepting responsibility for the genocide against the Hereros and Namas. Finally, a German president is going to say the words they ve been waiting to hear for over 100 years. Finally, Germany is not going to ignore this brutal crime any longer.
It s a big step forward, at least from a German perspective. But the first reactions from Namibia tell a different story. President Hage Geingob s spokesman has, rather diplomatically, called Germany s announcement a step in the right direction. And a group of traditional leaders from the Herero and Nama communities have bluntly called it a PR coup and an offense against